Kemi
VR Group station
Kemi railway station
General information
LocationRautatienkatu 3, 94100 Kemi
Coordinates65°44′14″N 24°34′26″E / 65.737227°N 24.573798°E / 65.737227; 24.573798
Owned byFinnish Transport Agency
Platforms3
Tracks11
Construction
Structure typeground station
History
Opened1903
Electrified2003
Passengers
185 000 [2008]
Services
Preceding station VR Group Following station
Oulu
Terminus
 Oulu–Rovaniemi Tervola
towards Rovaniemi
Terminus Kemi–Kolari Ylitornio
towards Kolari

Kemi railway station (Finnish: Kemin rautatieasema) is located in the town of Kemi in the Lapland Province of Finland. It is operated by VR. The distance to the Helsinki Central railway station, via Haapamäki and Oulu stations is 858.3 kilometres.

The station lies between the Kemi centre and Finnish national road 4, near the town centre services. All passenger trains stop at the station, and the station has a ticket office, a waiting room and a Junamaatti ticket vending machine. Kemi also has a lot of cargo traffic.

Kemi no longer has train traffic operators, instead the traffic is controlled remotely from Oulu. Track switching in cargo traffic requires a lot of trackyard personnel.

Although the tracks to Rovaniemi and to Kolari via Tornio actually separate at the Laurila cargo station north of Kemi, Kemi is an important junction for train traffic. From the Lautiosaari switch north of Kemi, there is also a side track to the Elijärvi mine.

Trackyards

The Kemi station has a large trackyard, divided into personnel train tracks and a cargo trackyard. The trackyard was completely renovated and electrified from 2001 to 2003.

The station also has a side track to the Port of Kemi in the district of Ajos. On this side track are the trackyards of Veitsiluoto, Rivi and Ajos.


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